[mythtv-users] question about mythfilldatabase parameters

Jakob Fix jakob.fix at gmail.com
Thu Dec 15 16:12:03 EST 2005


Bruce,

On 15/12/05, Bruce Markey <bjm at lvcm.com> wrote:
> Jakob Fix wrote:
> > Hello, I would like to know what the first number of
> > mythfilldatabase's --file option means exactly, the "1" in the
> > following example.
> >
> > mythfilldatabase --quiet --file 1  -1 tv_uk_rt.xmltv
> >
> > I did read the --help output that mythfilldatabase provides:
> > --file <sourceid> <offset> <xmlfile>
> >    Bypass the grabbers and read data directly from a file
> >    <sourceid> = cardinput
> >    <offset>   = days from today that xmlfile defines
> >                 (-1 means to replace all data, up to 10 days)
> >    <xmlfile>  = file to read
> >
> > What does "cardinput" mean?
>
> That's a little confused. It is the sourceid in the videosource
> table which holds the info from mythtv-setup "Video sources".
> The first source you create will be "1" if you add another it will
> be "2" and so on. This arg tells mfdb which source the file's data
> is intended for. This has nothing to do with your inputs per se.

Ah ok, that clears stuff up a bit.  To repeat for my own benefit :-)

<sourceid> == the id of the video source defined in the mythtv-setup,
3rd screen "video sources".  The id itself can be found by looking at
the videosource database table.

Thank you!

> $ mysql -u mythtv -pmythtv mythconverg
> mysql> select sourceid,name,xmltvgrabber from videosource;
> +----------+--------------+--------------+
> | sourceid | name         | xmltvgrabber |
> +----------+--------------+--------------+
> |        1 | CoxCableDD   | datadirect   |
> |        2 | CoxDigitalDD | datadirect   |
> |        3 | VCR          | /bin/true    |
> +----------+--------------+--------------+
> 3 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
> --  bjm

--
cheers,
Jakob.


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